Since 2022 Historians for Peace and Democracy has worked with the Zinn Education Project to defend the teaching of honest history. We created the “Historians-on-Call” network to identify when and where historians can assist in meaningful ways.

Some ways we can provide support include:

• Submit expert comments to state legislatures on proposed new or amended social studies standards.
• Meet with local social studies coordinators, high school teachers, and school boards.
• Research local school board elections, draw attention to the issues, and get out the vote.
• Write op-eds and letters to the editor of newspapers, or meet with their editorial boards to explain the impact of legislation or elections that will censor historical education

Historians-on-Call connects professional historians state by state with local struggles. To date, more than 90 historians have signed up from Arizona, California, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, and other states. We have created a simple website for the group here.

If you are a professional historian, we invite you to join Historians-on-Call. If you are a parent whose child’s education is under threat, or a teacher who works in a school district that could use the expertise of a professional historian, email us here and we will connect you with HOC members nearby.